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Past tense. They are gone.
Past tense. They are gone.
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It's a practice facility apart of renovations surrounding the stadium. What does attendance have to do with anything?
If anything all that will attract more fans to games or at least see them buy Jags merch when visiting the surrounding area.Comment
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Was driving into the office this afternoon, and ESPN980 (local Redskins Radio) was doing an interview with Mike Shanahan. He touched on some of the touchy issues during his term there. I had to go into the office as they were getting to RGIII's rookie season.
But in 2010 they wanted Marc Bulger over McNabb and the McNabb deal was one that the owner was all about.
Told Albert that if he could find a team to take the $21 million in bonus money he was owed he could go to a 4-3 team, but if he took the money, he expected him to be a professional.
The Detroit 2-minute drill debacle: McNabb, had been calling plays incorrectly all game and had missed some practice thought Rex could do a better job.
Had they known about the cap penalties that were coming down, the RGIII trade doesn't happen. Took a shot at the league too for approving all those deals, then telling the teams about the penalties "an hour before free agency opened".
Had to to into the car, but I plan to listen to the rest on the audio archive. It seemed like Shanahan was finally being open and honest with the Washington media which makes it all the more interesting.Moderator
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That's some good 'read more in my book'-style meaty stuff. Love it.Comment
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More from Shanahan per PFT.com
Trading up for Robert Griffin III was not Mike Shanahan’s first choice when considering who his quarterback would be in Washington in 2012.
Shanahan said on ESPN 980 that what he really wanted was to sign Peyton Manning after he was released by the Colts. Shanahan thinks he and Manning were on the same page and that a deal could have been done, except for one problem: Peyton didn’t want to be in the same division as his brother, Giants quarterback Eli Manning.
“We were talking to Peyton at that time. That was a strong consideration,” Shanahan said. “But at the end of the day I felt that with Eli being with the Giants he wasn’t coming in our direction.”
That’s when Washington started looking to trade up and draft Griffin. But that trade, Shanahan said, was a huge risk.
“I did not feel good about giving up two No. 1s and a No. 2, and they all knew I felt that way,” Shanahan said. “I said, ‘Hey, yeah, I would take the chance. But I want you to know that he’s really going to have to commit to what we’re doing.'”
In fact, Shanahan said he wouldn’t have given up all those draft picks if he’d known that the NFL was about to dock Washington $36 million in cap space as a penalty for the way the team structured contracts during the uncapped season in 2010.
“I don’t think you could have,” Shanahan said when asked if he would have traded away all those picks knowing about the impending salary cap penalty. “When you get penalized like we did, you can’t bring any players in.”
Shanahan said that Washington was very high on five quarterbacks in that draft: Griffin, Andrew Luck, Ryan Tannehill, Russell Wilson and Kirk Cousins. They ultimately drafted both Griffin and Cousins, and Shanahan said they strongly considered taking Wilson in the third round, before the Seahawks drafted him. If Washington had pulled the trigger on that pick, it would have greatly changed the fortunes of two franchises.
Although Shanahan said he liked Griffin coming out of Baylor, he also noted some problems that they had with Griffin in Washington. A big one is that Griffin bristled at having to run the read-option, even though that was often what Griffin did best. Shanahan said that when Cousins played in place of an injured Griffin during their rookie season, Griffin was bothered by the fact that they called a different style of offense for Cousins.
Shanahan also said he felt at times that Griffin wasn’t being forthright with him about the health of his injured knee, and that Griffin would get upset when Shanahan would ask him to keep him posted about whether his knee was hurting him. Shanahan said that he ultimately called fewer read-option plays because he was worried about Griffin’s knee, even though Griffin was telling him that he was fine.
Ultimately, Shanahan sounds like a coach who feels like he never got exactly what he wanted at the quarterback position after four years in Washington.#RespectTheCultureComment
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Yes, it was with Kevin and Thom this afternoon. It sounded like it was per-recorded earlier and they just played the tape of the interview. It covered at least two segments as they took a commercial break as I got to the office and Shanny said he would stick around.
Yes Czabe still has his YSR show in the am. I catch it sometimes when I have to drive to Hunt Valley. But he does the local rush hour drive show with Cooley (when he is there....). Its funny to hear Cooley try to talk baseball, basketball or Hockey at times.Last edited by N51_rob; 02-18-2015, 02:54 PM.Moderator
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Raiders and Chargers have brought forth a plan for a shared stadium in LA:
LinkThe San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders, rivals on the field, are moving forward together on a plan to build a $1.7-billion NFL stadium in Carson that they will share.
The Chargers and Raiders will continue to seek public subsidies for new stadiums in their home markets, but they are developing a detailed proposal for a privately financed Los Angeles venue in the event they can't get deals done in San Diego and Oakland by the end of this year, according to the teams.Originally posted by BlueNGoldComment
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I'm all for it. Both of the stadiums those teams are playing in now are among the lowest rated in the NFL. Plus, they will still be in SoCal and retain their nicknames so it won't change TOO much.Comment
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I have to wonder what it would do to division alignment. NFL doesn't want both LA teams in the same division, especially with the same stadium. Raiders said they're willing to go NFC awhile ago, but who would make the AFC jump if that happens?Originally posted by BlueNGoldComment
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